Dr. Claudia Koch

Curator of Herpetology Section
Radiation Protection Officer
Micro-CT Management

Herpetology

Tel: +49 228 9122-234

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: c [dot] koch [at] leibniz-zfmk [dot] de

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Research interests

Systematics, taxonomy, biogeography, phylogeny, ecology and conservation of reptiles and amphibians, with a special focus on Neotropical species.

Memberships

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Alexander Koenig Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation

Awards

Biodiversitätspreis der Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur, Chimaira-Wissenschaftspreis

Projects

2014

Herpetodiversity Andean valleys

Andean dry forests are among the least investigated biotopes worldwide. The project involves a herpetological inventory and an exemplary phylogeographic analysis on the basis of selected groups.

Unit:

Herpetology

Project lead:

Dr. Claudia Koch

2008

Herpetofauna of Peruvian Dry Forests (2008-2014)

The present study was organized to contribute to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of the Inter-Andean dry forest valleys and provides a first checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the interandean part of the equatorial dry forest in Northern Peru.

Unit:

Herpetology

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme

Funding:

Alexander Koenig Stiftung, Alexander-Koenig-Society e.V., German Academic Exchange Service, Kirschner & Seufer Publisher

Publications

Publiziert in

2017

Torres-Carvajal, O., Koch, C., Venegas, P. J., Poe, S. (2017): Phylogeny and diversity of neotropical monkey lizards (Iguanidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817). - PLoS ONE 12(6): e0178139. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178139

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Documents:

2017_torres-carvajal_etal_polychrus.pdf

2016

Koch, C., Flecks, M., Venegas, P.J., Bialke, P., Valverde, S., Rödder, D. (2016): Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru. - Zootaxa 4161(1): 41-80; http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.2

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Koch, C., Santa Cruz, R., Cárdenas, H. (2016): Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. - Zootaxa 4150 (2): 101–122; http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.1

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Koch, C., Venegas, P. J. (2016): A large and unusually colored new snake species of the genus Tantilla (Squamata; Colubridae) from the Peruvian Andes. - PeerJ 4:e2767; doi 10.7717/peerj.2767

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Documents:

2016_kochvenegas_tantilla.pdf

Venegas, P. J., Echevarría, L. Y. , García-Burneo, K., Koch, C. (2016): A new species of iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania), from the Central Andes in Peru. - Zootaxa 4205 (1): 52–64; doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.4

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Documents:

2016_venegas_etal_stenocercus.pdf

2015

Aurich, J., Koch, C., Böhme, W. (2015): Reproduction in a gecko assemblage (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in the Marañon Region (Peru) and comments on the largest gecko in the New World. - Phyllomedusa 14(1): 53–62.

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Documents:

aurich_et_al._2015._phyllomedusa_141_53-62.pdf

Crespo, S., Koch, C. (2015): Notes on natural history and distribution of Callopistes flavipunctatus (Squamata: Teiidae) in northwestern Peru. - Salamandra 51(1): 57-60.

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Koch, C. (2015): Herpetologie in Theorie und Praxis – Eine Reise in den karibischen Norden Kolumbiens. – Terraria 55: 56-59.

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Koch, C., Venegas, P. J., Böhme, W. (2015): Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru. - Zootaxa 3964 (2): 228–244; http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.4; http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9350BA0-885F-4256-81E0-5D0B03CB2A87

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2013

KOCH, C., VENEGAS, P.J., RÖDDER, D., FLECKS, M., BÖHME, W. (2013) Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745: 263-295.

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2011

AURICH , J., KOCH, C., BÖHME, W. (2011) Ecology of a unique gecko assemblage (Phyllodactylidae: Squamata) from northern Peru. North-Western Journal of Zoology 0,747 7: 310-317.

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KOCH, C., BERAÚN, A.M. (2011) Notes on geographic distribution: Squamata, Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus thompsoni Venegas, Townsend, Koch and Böhme, 2008 and Phyllodactylus delsolari Venegas, Townsend, Koch and Böhme, 2008: Latitudinal and altitudinal distribution extension and geographic distribution map. Check List 7: 272-275.

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KOCH, C., VENEGAS, P.J., GARCIA-BRAVO, A., BÖHME, W. (2011) A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Marañon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845. ZooKeys 0,879, 141: 79-107.

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KOCH, C., VENEGAS, P.J., RÖDDER, D. (2011) Notes on the advertisement call of Hyloxalus elachyhistus (Edwards, 1971) (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Salamandra 47: 116-119.

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2010

KOCH, C. (2010) Geheimnisvolles Peru. Reptilia, Münster 82: 36-45.

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2008

VENEGAS, P., TOWNSEND, J.H., KOCH, C., BÖHME, W. (2008) Two New Sympatric Species of Leaf-Toed Geckos (Gekkonidae: Phyllodactylus) from the Balsas Region of the Upper Maranon, Valley, Peru. Journal of Herpetology 42 (2): 386–396

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2006

KOCH, C., VENEGAS, P., BÖHME, W. (2006) A remarkable discovery: description of a big-growing new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Phyllopezus) from northwestern Peru. Salamandra 42 (2/3): 145-150

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Presentations

Talks

November 2015: DGHT, Bonn
Subject: „Die Herpetofauna Westaustraliens“ (The herpetofauna of Western Australia)

November 2015: Biologische Gesellschaft Bonn
Subject:“Auf Entdeckerpfaden in Peru“ (On explorer paths in Peru)

March 2015: DGHT, Bad Dürkheim
Subject: “Auf Entdeckerpfaden in Peru“ (On explorer paths in Peru)

December 2014: Latinamerican Congress of Herpetology, Cartagena, Colombia
Subject: “Unique and endangered: The Herpetofauna of the Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of Río Marañón and its tributaries” (presented in Spanish)

October 2014: DGHT annual meeting, Bonn
Subject: „Einzigartig und bedroht: Die Herpetofauna andiner Trockenwaldtäler im Norden Perus“ (Unique and endangered: The herpetofauna of Andean dry forest valleys in Northern Peru)

May 2014: AKG, Bonn
Subject: "Auf Entdeckerpfaden in Peru" (On explorer paths in Peru)

Since 06/2014 Curator of Herpetology at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, Germany (ZFMK).

02/2014 Dissertation Defense at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, Germany. (Mark "magna cum laude", Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme)

04/2008-02/2014 Dissertation at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, Germany. Subject of the Doctoral thesis: „The Herpetofauna of the Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries, with a focus on endemic iguanians, geckos and tegus (Squamata: Iguanidae, Phyllodactylidae, Teiidae).”

03/2006 Granting of a Diploma in Biology (Mark: „very good", Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme)

06/2005-03/2006 Diploma Thesis at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, Germany. Subject: „The amphibians and reptiles of the Tumbesian dry forest region of Northern Peru.”

10/2000- 03/2006 Studies of Biology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität, Bonn, Germany. Major subjects: Zoology, Palaeontology, Geography

05/2000 Gymnasium am Ölberg, Königswinter-Oberpleis (University-entrance diploma)

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2014

Herpetodiversity Andean valleys

2008

Herpetofauna of Peruvian Dry Forests (2008-2014)

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